Conflict in Syria Declared a Civil War

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Sunday that Syria is now officially in a state of civil war.
Conflict in Syria Declared a Civil War
Syrian residents of Qusayr, which has come under daily bombardment, inspect a makeshift shelter underneath a tyre shop that can accommodate up to 30 people in Qusayr in Homs province near the border with Lebanon on July 14. Antonio Pampliega/AFP/GettyImages
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Sunday that Syria is now officially in a state of civil war.

Those involved in the fighting in the now 16-month-long conflict will now be subjected to the Geneva Conventions. Under the conventions, all parties in the conflict are subject to the international rules of law, and if violated could be tried for war crimes.

“We are now talking about a non-international armed conflict in the country,” ICRC spokesman Hicham Hassan told The Associated Press.

Earlier the Red Cross had already designated parts of the country at the center of the armed conflict, such as the city of Homs and the city of Hama, to be in a state of civil war.

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